we. like the feeling of nothing of an albatross. people obviously come in they just throw them into the water disposal it may not be harmful for that little fish that eats one fragment a plastic but once it makes its way up the food chain it's getting to levels. are. headlines this in the form of political advisor to the from campaign and wrong to the president is arrested by the f.b.i. multiple charges. president nicolas maduro orders the closure of his country's embassy in the us after washington recognized by its opposition leader as interim president. the president. of course from the street he wants to be president i i

i i am with the country. divided between two rival leaders we look at what appears to be america's tried and tested recipe for regime change and also to become an american iranian journalist who was released after spending ten days in u.s. custody speaks to us about her. most of the time i was in solitary. i could. watch suicide watch. i mean i'm definitely not going to kill myself. welcome just going four pm here in moscow you watching the international top story this hour a long time political adviser of the u.s. president on the trump has been arrested and indicted just. stone faces charges

ranging from production witness tampering and also making false statements let's get more on the story now before he done with this in the studio what else do we know then about this case or indeed we do know that on thursday roger stone was indicted on the five counts of false statements on one count of obstruction of justice and one count of witness tampering so on friday early morning f.b.i. agents came knocking on his door in the state of florida i believe and so indeed he has been taken into custody into custody he has been arrested and another big thing that investigators are looking into right now is on the potential connection between roger stone and the we kill leaks apparently they believe the prosecution believes that roger stone while being on trump's on trump's team part of trump's team he sought those e-mails on that that contained some compromise on his political rival hillary clinton and apparently this is the first time that the

prosecution has indicated that it is aware of some other people also close to donald trump who worked with the stone as he tried to get his hands on those e-mails and is just one name on a long list of names to the that he's being probed by miller robert miller into allegations of russian collusion well indeed well i should say yes and no because yes this is just this is yet another trump associate who has been arrested and brought in within the framework of this with the of this russia collusion probe but the thing is that many of the overwhelming majority of these witnesses they have seen charges ranging from embezzlement to obstruction of justice to lying under oath and so on and so forth but none of those charges really connects the trump come pain and the russian government so right now with what the investigation is. apparently trying to do they're trying to draw parallels between the members of

the campaign and the weaken leagues and the russian government this is what the apparently are trying what they're trying to do but so far all official all official indictments that we have seen have been along some other lines have been really very little to do with russia and this latest arrest it does come at an interesting time doesn't it in u.s. politics of course because donald trump well first and foremost he's facing the democratic dominated lower house of government so there's that and of course they would use every single pretext and reason they can to bring the word indictment excuse me the word impeachment of course in the media in the media landscape right now also at the same time of course he's in the middle of the biggest of the longest government shutdown in the u.s. history so he has that on his hands and now there's another one of his former

teammates seems to have fallen into the hands of the prosecution so this adds up to the headache donald trump must be having right now sure ok thanks for the latest on that it was r.t.g. go she done. now the venezuelan president has ordered his diplomats to leave the u.s. nicolas maduro announced he was severing diplomatic ties with washington after the trump administration backed opposition leader won quadro who's declared himself interim president of the country during accuses why i don't know of being america's puppet. i wanted to do you invent his way that the president is elected by washington and of course they take anyone from the street who wants to be a president nicolas maduro has cut diplomatic ties between venezuela and the united states from what we understand the venezuelan embassy in the united states in washington d.c. has closed i've decided to diplomats you can conceal the stuff that from the united

states includes our embassies and consulates in that country. was an opposition figure he's part of the national assembly and in front of a crowd of his supporters he recently took an oath and declared himself to be the interim president of venezuela saying that nicolas been during the elected president who was just recently re inaugurated that he is not legitimate now he's gotten support from brazil argentina and chile and all of them basically following the lead of u.s. president donald trump trump declared that one way to was indeed the interim president of venezuela even though no election took place in order to get him that title now more recently in the aftermath of trump's recognition of wedo we heard some rather fiery words from u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh the time for debate is done. the regime former president nicolas maduro is illegitimate the united states is ready to provide more than twenty million in humanitarian assistance to the people of venezuela these

funds are to help them cope with the severe food and medicine shortages and i or other impacts of the country's political and economic crisis the public in venezuela has been somewhat divided with two people claiming to be the president of venezuela the situation could escalate very rapidly that would not only have implications in venezuela but could have very global implications as well and i'm open that will venezuela's ambassador to russia told us why he thinks this is a clear case of meddling. a little ridiculous to think that we can listen to or accept a person who proclaims himself president that would be as if would recognize hillary clinton as president just because trump won the election with fewer awards than her but nobody ever raised this issue as they have their own internal rules these rules are agreed internally so why should we allow the u.s. to dictate to us what to do in our country. well it's not the first time that

washington has been accused of interfering in other countries affairs takes a look at whether events in venezuela are actually following a tried and tested recipe starting an uprising a revolution is simple enough first comes the pressure sanctions built up gradually first it was a few officials and then they sanctioned the president and state companies and the government itself through deed and word they helped show when they are into a crisis we are waiting all of our policy options as to what can we do to create a change of conditions were either liberal decides he doesn't have a future or we can return. the government processes to their constitution we are not going to tolerate the dictatorship he's trying to create if venezuelan people deserve better than what the regime of nicolas maduro offers them now that the

country and people are in economic misery and you vilified its leaders pick a hero like thirty five year old u.s. educated head of the national assembly which as it turns out the united states has been quietly assisting financially and helping for a while who would have thought. by now you should have caused enough trouble problems on top of everything out starforce even the app a little into the streets the more noise the better and you mustn't let things calm down keep shouting keep agitating. your.

ah in the chaos the confusion comes a special moment when lord breaks down when loyalties crumble when brother turns on brother in the street party thanks to you that moment do something crazy like denounce the government proclaim a new i'm elected president obama. i'm mike pence the vice president of the united states the united states supports the courageous decision by one god or the president of your national assembly to assert that body's constitutional powers declare madeira or your syrup or and call for the establishment of a transitional government now is the time for more direct action get all your friends on board as many nations to recognize one go edo as president quickly as

possible as no going back now alone bia columbia recognizes one quite as president of venezuela and will assist in the transition to democracy to liberate the venezuelan people from the dictator rather brazil has just issued a note recognizing one why do as venezuela's president. will support this realization in a democracy alongside other countries in the immigrant we recognize and express our full support for the presidency of venezuela assumed by the president of the national assembly one though it is clear that nicolas maduro is not the legitimate leader of venezuela so the united kingdom believes that plan is the right person to take on his way to forward there's heavy pressure from the u.s. and certainly all of the allies i mean countries like under us that are allied with the united states are going to be expected to parrot this line if you go back to one nine hundred seventy three in the attempt to overthrow salvador allende it was

exactly the same playbook we're watching a replay these are the kinds of tactics that the american government has used to overthrow regimes that it considers hostile to u.s. business interests certainly smaller countries will feel the pressure especially within latin america from the united states to play the game you see if your country just so happens to be in the americas you're in washington's hemisphere which it seems justifies medley. interfering and changing governments at will but just to be sure bully them let them know that if you don't get what you want you'll beat the lights out of them and take what you want. without considering anything but all options are on the table to them the degree to which is all options of what it's all options are and there you go sparking uprisings one o one now this may all take some practice tweak here or there but it works tried

and tested time and time again but the consequences are a whole other story. more against the affair with the crisis in venezuela has rapidly escalated over the past few days local journalists not to gotti has been in the thick of the unrest in caracas after a relatively calm year venice well a scene is purse of violence again on the streets after four days of protest when you see its people reportedly were killed during these acts of violence on the streets and a sign a position declared as president. while nicolas maduro stays at the presidential palace after days protests and violence continue and escalated during the day i. i. i i.

i i i i asked her deposition rally the valorous continue to escalate throughout the night and it's probably to continue to lead in duty and then it's coming days. well the venezuela crisis is much of the world right leaning latin american governments are backing one why they while he has called for fresh elections though it hasn't formally recognized why they as president support from the euro meanwhile has been voiced by china and russia and in latin america by bolivia cuba and also mexico turkey is also backing him. you must respect. if you don't respect the ballot box this is not democracy it is a totalitarian mindset as a person who believes in democracy the announcement by president trump shocked me more with someone just because he is on the. way he. is on the micro but the person who. was elected

as a member. was the problem. i've heard of the opposition but he was elected president we witnessed. back in july two thousand and sixteen where our military bought the war but it was our own people who went with their bare arms against the military this thought who if anyone tries to do tear with that people will do whatever it takes to make sure that their will quote used to run the government. supporters in the us a being compared to members of the ku klux klan a number of media outlets and celebrities to have likened their make america great again hats to the white hoods of the infamous racist prick you prefer as more

this is a hat where it says make america great again they now call it the maggot hat this is a kook looks klan hoot they used to terrorize fried african americans and those different shapes eras purposes however this make america great again hat is just as maddening and frustrating and triggering for me to look at as a k.k.k. hood. many people have called donald trump of filthy racist in the past what's up with this new wave of happy hate now even though something that's now compared to the k.k.k. fashion has been worn by african-americans or the l.g.b. t.q. community well just remember that white teenagers versus native american vets situation the viral video sweeping the internet a mob of mag wearing high school students surrounding a native american chanting and drumming in the nation's capital it is disturbing students mocking native american now and some of them harassing and jeering at

a native american elder so much and the story was twisted as we learned from videos that emerged later as you can see the teen dubbed as a shameless bully was just standing still and smiling at the man with the drum who had come up to him but that's not important because the student was wearing a magpie hat people who judge me based off one expression and they've gone from there to titling me and labeling me as a race this person do you think if you weren't wearing that hat this might not have happened or it might have been different that's possible oh the had does mean so much and again don't forget that from now on in the minds of so many people people whose voices matter the red mark a hat is the new white hood without white boys being able to empathize with other people humanity will continue to destroy itself. and so it's probably only natural

that americans wearing maggots have gotten themselves in trouble. before. the first. sports. help your cause you're. just been asked to leave the store trying to get your hands if you threw your hat my hat i don't. like . that. so who knows how far that kind of bowling may get soon some in the media have tried very hard to make you associate mr trump with the k.k.k. now with this hat situation it must have become a much easier job. then if least interior minister has taken

a swipe at the foreign affairs chief in iraq over migration we'll have a look at that story plus of the just after the break. you know world of big partisan movies lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. were legal about. the right location but. who will be able through

a. useful role. because really i do think in russia. again you with r.t. now there have been some fireworks flying on the final day of the annual world economic forum in davos stern words were heard from the u.s. billionaire george soros and also from the chinese representative. has more now from the swiss ski resort. billionaire philanthropist an influential investor george soros and the vice president of china's main securities regulator locked horns at the world economic forum here in switzerland this week george soros for

one used his speech as an opportunity to attack china and its leader this week's xi jinping. dangerous and those who believe in the concept of. soros said that china is not the only authoritarian regime in the world but according to him the wealthiest strongest and most technologically advanced he used his speech as an opportunity to try to convince washington to crack down on chinese technology saying that he thinks artificial intelligence and machinery are going to create a talented area and country in china but lo and behold we saw a chinese representative not mincing his words at all but he had a message of his own for the western world you have to realize that democracy doesn't work very well you need political reforms in your countries the chinese

representative clarified that he meant this with sincerity and while there certainly were a few chuckles in the room as he had those of that message to pass along to western countries there was certainly also an old moment where people seem to according to analysts have really understood that he did have a point and that china is not playing around and certainly a force to be reckoned with especially at a time when it seems the u.s. and e.u. have quite a handful of problem in their political systems on their hands as we speak. now an american iranian journalist decision people to join her protest in washington d.c. later on friday she's aiming to draw attention to a controversial law allowing people to be held indefinitely without charge she was recently released after ten days in u.s. federal custody earlier i. spoke to our return see about what happened.

i was flown private plane. to d.c. and then met with a whole lot of that be i take it into the f.b.i. i think take the f.b.i. headquarters. i was. my my picture was taken mug shan state took my d.n.a. no one has read you the roads no one a still yet read you the right. no one ever read me my rights actually my rights were not read they said that you are on suicide watch suicide watch. i mean i'm definitely not going to kill myself. i tell you what it concerns me and she because i'm thinking well you know maybe they have something up their sleeves here most of the time i was in solitary case i was locked up i couldn't come out and i member once being returned coming back from one of the court hearings and all the prisoners were out and so i entered and the guard stopped me no and then all the

prisoners had to get back through another door. oh. they couldn't be closed to me or was i there who works for press t.v. was taken into custody on january thirteenth while visiting family in the state of missouri the court of justice has confirmed she'd been questioned by the f.b.i. as a material witness but didn't specify in which case the iranian government as well as press freedom organizations voiced their anger over the incident before her release people protested in washington d.c. and also terror on demanding that the journalist be freed as a family issued a statement today saying her treatment was unfair. this was never just about marzia his shimmy this is about the fact that any of us muslim and non muslim can be imprisoned without charge in the united states my son who was with me trying to get a light instinct worst and. he did not get on that flight in denver which which i had told him to the f.b.i.

i was with him and accompanied him the whole night. till he was not under arrest but actually he current and my hears my other kids if he hadn't been there your children were not led to just like you disappeared and she realizes how easy. for them to make someone disappear. he was. that no one would have known. where my market. arrests it. shall cause not charged with the crime and. wow i definitely saw it first hand. me there talking to r.t. after she returned to see where the f.b.i. has declined to comment on the story. now italy's interior minister and deputy prime minister has taken a swipe at the foreign affairs chief federica margaret any matthew selvi said she'd

forgotten her italian roots its words came as the you considers shutting down the italian led rescue operation for migrants in the mediterranean the person who represents us in europe was put in that position by the left quarter of the now after being appointed super god how to be in the towel in meanwhile salvini they could face trial over his refusal to let a group of migrants disembark from a rescue vessel last year that after a court in italy overruled a previous ruling by prosecutors to drop the charges the politician known for his hard stance on migration is suspected of abusing his power and holding people against their will or salvini did react by taking to twitter saying that he could face up to fifteen years behind bars he also said the decision had left him speechless adding that he feared nothing to continue to defending is lee's borders from illegal migrants independent political analyst alexandra bruno believes a lot of italians do feel that they have been abandoned by b.

. italy's been asking for help from europe and other countries to deal with the migrant problem for a long time but that means he has not got much response and that front so if you took a pool right now. italians. might be the most popular politician because whatever salvini is doing has worked in the numbers. of illegal migrants coming on to italian shores has decreased sharply since he came into power international company the softening don't forget that we've got plenty of stories on our website you can find that. he's gone into a nihilistic theme. thank you gotta. get out the traveling across

america to find what makes america the scholl it's the genius of this place especially american hero this is it we've come a point around which alan would have done so we always are on the margins something . called culture. was. where starting last with the movie going to headed east into the swamp we're going into the belly of the beach and i think i want to leave now doesn't get him oregon . it may be completely different but the end of the.

greetings and sal you take us well all of watchers this week it appears that the good country of venezuela has bound itself quite literally in the crosshairs of the world's attention thanks in large part to the united states backed actions of one one we go the president of venezuela's national assembly in dramatic fashion on wednesday declared himself the new interim president of venezuela his announcement comes despite the fact that already has elected president nicolas maduro who

despite what many pundits politicos and war hawks claim was actually reelected in what international observers on the ground deemed legitimate elections the observers even went so far as the pen an open letter to for drink immigrant me the high representative of the european union for foreign affairs and security after the e.u. and others around the world challenge the twenty eight thousand venezuelan election stating and they stated to her we were unanimous in concluding that the elections were conducted fairly that the election conditions were not biased that genuine irregularities work separately for you and one of their one of a very minor and one a very minor in nature but that hasn't stopped nations around the world lead of course by president donald trump the united states to declare the manure as illegitimate and that one we know is now the recognized interim president of venezuela and that the quote unquote material regime has no immediate future. they will have no immediate livelihood and they will have their day.